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Since making the move to Malibu in 1972, Pepperdine University's intercollegiate athletics program has carved out a unique niche that is perhaps unmatched by its NCAA Division I counterparts.

No school with an undergraduate enrollment the size of Pepperdine's has achieved such across-the-board athletics success during the past 20-plus years.

"I am constantly amazed by the high level of consistency our athletics program has maintained during the last 20-plus years," said Dr. John Watson, former Director of Athletics at Pepperdine. "In spite of ever-increasing time demands and higher educational costs, our coaches have done an excellent job of recruiting quality young people who perform well athletically and in the classroom. The success that our program has maintained results in additional exposure for the University at the local, regional, national and international level."

The Waves have won nine NCAA championships in five different men's sports, a very rare feat. Pepperdine is one of only 14 schools to accomplish this. Making it even more noteworthy is that Pepperdine is the only non-BCS school and is by far the smallest in terms of enrollment.

Pepperdine is classified as an NCAA Division I-AAA school (Division I schools that do not sponsor football), and the Waves are one of the very best of their kind. Since the I-AAA Athletic Director's Association All-Sports Trophy was established, ranking the various schools on their postseason success, Pepperdine has finished first twice (2004-05 and 2005-06), second once (2007-08) and third once (2006-07).

In the annual NACDA Director's Cup standings, which measures overall postseason success, Pepperdine finished first among all of its West Coast Conference rivals for 13 straight years (1997-2009).

As a result of the continued athletics acclaim, a number of former Pepperdine stars have gone on to enjoy outstanding and successful professional careers including Doug Christie, Brad Gilbert, Dennis Johnson, Katherine Hull and Mike Scott, to name just a few.

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